Staff recommendations “a move in the right direction,” Way writes The Canadian Taxi Association has written the Mayor and Council of Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) to express support for a “practical, modern oversight for taxis, limousines, and US-headquartered app-dispatched vehicle-for-hire
Read More“Why would Halifax citizens be asked to accept less?” On January 27, Halifax Council will debate a proposal requiring Uber and other ride-hailing drivers to have the same record checks that Taxi drivers already have. These background checks would then
Read MoreReport available January 15th The Town of Oakville will consider a “proposed business licenising by-law” this month. “As a business with a taxi owner licence with the Town of Oakville, the Municipal Enforcement Services Department would like to notify you that
Read MoreDeveloper for food delivery app spills the beans In a drunken New Year’s rant, an application developer for a grocerty delivery firm appears to have confirmed every delivery driver’s worst nightmare. Corporations labelling some drivers as “High Desperation” send these
Read MoreTasked with reducing Toronto’s congestion, still no mention of VFH cap Toronto’s newly appointed Traffic Czar is scheduled to start work January 6th, according to a Toronto Star report confirmed by Mayor Olivia Chow. Andrew Posluns is described as a
Read More“They’re cooked – they can’t go anywhere” YouTube reporter Lou Valentino reports that Waymo robotic taxis have “stopped dead” during the massive December 21st power outage in San Francisco. The outage has apparently been caused by a fire at California
Read MoreWaymo plans to voluntarily issue a software recall with federal safety regulators related to how its robotaxis operate around school buses, TechCrunch reports in a December 5th article. “The voluntary software recall will be filed early next week, according to
Read MoreCanada’s Air Transat will gradually suspend flights between December 8 and 9 following a 72-hour strike notice from ALPA, the union representing the company’s 700 pilots. Air Transat posted the following notice on December 7th: “The union representing our pilots
Read More“Uniform or near-uniform pricing” These agreements constitute a per se violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. They are horizontal arrangements among direct competitors to fix prices—precisely the type of conduct the antitrust laws were designed to prohibit. The
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